One family alone has 3 Z’s:my maternal grandfather’s paternal grandfather’s
family.Mitchell and Martha Ann Wilson
Davis married in 1846 and raised 15 children in the Beldor community of
Rockingham County, Virginia. They must
have loved that letter “Z” because in addition to the 3 whose names began with “Z,”
two more had a “z” in their name:Amaziah and Lorenza.

But let’s look at the main Z children.

Zedekiah Davis was the first born to Mitchell and
Martha.But he lived only a short while,
from 1847 to 1863.In fact, sadly
enough, he was the second child of three to die between June and July of that
year.I can only surmise that they were
victims of an epidemic.

Zephaniah Leonard Davis was born in 1851 and died in
1929. He married twice: first to Anne E. Bellomy and second to Mary Frances
Crawford.He and Anne had at least 6
children, but only 5 appeared in the census records:Mattie, Ida, Zephaniah Jr., Marshall, and
Annie.Zephaniah and Mary Frances had 2
children, Elsie and Herman.

Zibiah Saloma Davis was born in 1864 and died in
1936.She married John Lewis Marshall
about 1891, a farmer.They had 6
children:Nora Bertha, Alvin Russell,
Lewis Dewey, Minnie Pearl, Myrtle Lee, and Howard Emory.

Good question! I know I'll be doing a Reflections post, as requested by the organizers of the A to Z Challenge. And supposedly there will be a post challenge challenge, but I have no clue what that's about. I can always do the Geneabloggers daily themes.

Here we are at the Zenith of the A to Z challenge!!! Yay, We Did It, We Did It!!! Can you tell I get alot of Dora The Explorer...it's a daily treat of singing that song...2 year old GrandBoy. Anyway, Wowzzzer...you sure have a bunch of Z's in your Family Tree..and really different, too!

Good Question indeed...what's next? I'm takin' a Bloggy Break! I,too, will probably do the Reflections. Thank you so much Wendy for all your thoughtful comments through this April Challenge. I enjoyed your blog and Family Posts so much. I look forward to keeping up with you and very interesting family....Sue

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